Photograph
Airplane Crash in Lake Mendota
| Rescue of airplane which has crashed into Lake Mendota near the north shore. View of the airplane from the water toward the shore and Camp Wakanda. Tom Langlois, 17, 213 North Randall Avenue, was seriously injured when the routine solo training flight crashed into the lake. He was rescued by an unidentifed fisherman. |
| Image ID: | 49430 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 18 1944 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Westport |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.1351B |
| Original Dimensions: | 3 x 2 inches |
| One of four images. Related article published in the Wisconsin State Journal on July 18, 1944. |
| Dwellings |
| Outdoor furniture |
| Yards |
| Aircraft accidents |
| Airplanes |
| Piers |
| Lakes |
| Shorelines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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